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This Article was originally published by Huffington Post: Bison Homecoming Cristina Eisenberg Chief Scientist at Earthwatch Institute, Ecologist, and Book author This post is hosted on the Huffington Post’s Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and post freely to

This Article was originally published by Huffington Post: End of an Era for Iconic Denali Wolf Pack? Cristina Eisenberg Ecologist, Author In 2012, to learn about carnivore ecology in Alaska and celebrate completing my doctorate, my family and I visited

This Article was published by High Country News: Rewilding the shortgrass prairie A scientist with ranching roots is trying to restore balance to degraded grasslands. Before European settlers came to North America, bison migrations were essential to the annual renewal

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Shifting Baselines and Endangered Species Recovery The world is always changing, bringing bold breakthroughs in technology and conservation, as well as formidable challenges. In 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: In Extinction’s Way: The Wolverine and Climate Change It’s the stuff of legends. In April 2016, a rancher shot and killed a wolverine in North Dakota. Officials identified the animal as M56,

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Are Large Carnivores Doomed by Climate Change? The world is getting warmer, creating an extinction threat for many species. According to NASA, since 1880 the Earth’s global temperature has risen by nearly

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Of Lynx, Traps, and Lawsuits: The Rocky Road to Enlightened Wildlife Conservation The lynx is one of the most at-risk carnivores in the United States. South of the US-Canada border, this elusive

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: El Lobo’s Uncertain Future Lobo Week, March 23-30, 2015, marks the 17th anniversary of the Mexican gray wolf’s return to the wild. However, this wolf subspecies’ tortuous recovery journey actually began over

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Safe Passages, or How Did the Grizzly Bear Cross the Road? It all began with roadkill. Banff, the crown jewel of the Canadian national parks, is a paradox. Big, primeval wildness

This Article was published by The Huffiington Post: Wolves in a Tangled Bank The wolves’ return to Yellowstone and the subsequent recovery of plants that elk had been eating to death in their absence has become one the most popularized